As this keystone species' name suggests, the gopher tortoise is an expert at living underground — like a gopher. Gopher tortoises have shovel-like front legs and strong, thick back legs to help them ...

Baby Gopher Tortoise by Randy Browning, USFWS. Image is available for media use. The Center for Biological Diversity is a national, nonprofit conservation organization with more than 1.7 million ...

According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission website: Gopher tortoises are long-lived reptiles that occupy upland habitat throughout Florida including forests, pastures ...

Collectively, the survivorship, site fidelity, and health data obtained from 2017–2018 monitoring data reveal that waif gopher tortoises fare well after release into the wild, offering a humane ...

The colored orbs were shells of gopher tortoises that had been spray painted, which is illegal in Florida, officials say. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission photo A strange pink and ...